[Mono-winforms-list] Possible problem in 2.2 with file dialogs

[Alex Corrado]

It looks like you need to do "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)| 
*.*"

Note the asterisk before the .txt extension.

Cheers!

-Alex

On Nov 28, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Paul wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a very simple OpenFileDialog method which filters filetypes.  
> Only
> problem, it's not working. I'm not sure if it's me or mono - I've only
> done this once or twice before (I don't normally give people the  
> choice
> of the file to load ;-p), so I'm not going to guess the error...
>
> private void BrowseButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
> 	OpenFileDialog fdlg = new OpenFileDialog();
> 	fdlg.Title = "Open File Dialog";
> 	fdlg.InitialDirectory = @"C:\ ";
> 	fdlg.Filter = "Text files (*.txt)|.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*";
> 	fdlg.FilterIndex = 1;
> 	fdlg.RestoreDirectory = true;
> 	if (fdlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
> 	{
> 		textBox1.Text = fdlg.FileName;
> 	}
> }
>
> Show all files works, but .txt doesn't.
>
> Is this me or mono?
>
> TTFN
>
> Paul
> -- 
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